Among The Braves: Hope Struggle And Exile In Battle For Hong Kong Future Of Global Democracy Timothy Mclaughlin Da Capo Press Inc Αγγλικά Βιβλία

Hong Kong Was An Experiment In Governance Handed Back To China 1997 After 156 Years Of British Rule It Meant Be A Carve-Out Between Hostile Systems: Bridge Communism And Capitalism Authoritarianism Liberal Democracy \ One Country Two Systems\ Kept Its Media Free Courts Independent Protests Boisterous Designed Also Convince Taiwan Peaceful Solution Beijing\ S Desire For Reunification Yet This Formulation Excluded Kong\ Own People Their Future Negotiated By Political Titans Faraway Capitals 2019 Ill-Conceived Law Spear-Headed Sycophantic Leader Pushed Third The City Take Streets Most Enduring Protest Movements World Has Ever Seen Xi Jinping Responded With Draconian National Security That Sought Not Only End Demonstrations But Quash Problem\ Kongers\ Identity Freedom Reverend Chu Who Believed Had Carry Spirit Students At Tiananmen Square Saw His Silver-Haired Comrades Birthed City\ Modern Pro-Democracy Movement Handcuffed Taken From Homes Tommy Art Student Radicalized Into Throwing Molotov Cocktails Watched Braves\ Like Him Brutalized Police Before Arrest Prompted Flee Finn Epitomized Decentralized Nature Internet-Fuelled Victories Online Anonymity Couldn\ T Stop Life Unravelling Gwyneth Could Predict Her Eventual Fate When She Chose Give Up Career As Journalist Stand Election Opposition Candidate Did Anyway Among Braves Shibani Mahtani Timothy Mclaughlin Tell Story Past What Sacrifices Mean Global Democracy\ Shaky Foundation Σελίδες: 336 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0416 Διαστάσεις: 16X16Cm